וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י מ֔וֹת שְׁנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן בְּקָרְבָתָ֥ם לִפְנֵי־יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֻֽתוּ׃
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Sefer HaIkkarim
The principal individual reward which is conferred on each person separately, whether spiritual or corporeal, is not mentioned explicitly in the Torah but only allusively and in a few places. One passage is found in section “Ahare Mot”: “After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do … neither shall ye walk in their statutes.” This is not only an admonition to the nation as a whole but also to the individual, not to follow the customs of the idolaters. At the end of the section we read: “Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.” This no doubt refers to the individual spiritual reward, which is conferred on each individual separately, and is to be explained as follows: God admonishes the people that they should observe His statutes and His judgments, even though they entail more trouble than keeping the statutes of the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, because, although those nations as a whole prospered by observing their respective statutes, nevertheless the individual did not attain through them his main perfection, namely the eternal life of the soul, which he can attain through the ordinances of God. Hence we read: “Ye shall keep My statutes and Mine ordinances …,” i. e. keep them, even if there is trouble in doing so, for they have advantage and superiority over others. For these statutes help the individual also to obtain future life. This is the meaning of the expression: “Which if a man do, he shall live by them,” meaning that the statutes of the other nations have not this effect. Onkelos translates it, “That through them he may live the life of eternity.” The context shows that it must have reference to the life of the soul. For how can he say that by keeping the statutes and ordinances of the Torah, the person will live longer than by keeping the statutes of the other nations? This is obviously untrue, for the man who observes the Torah does not live longer corporeally than the others. But there is no doubt that he is referring to the life of the soul and not to the life of the body, hence Onkelos translates it, “That through them he may live the life of eternity.” This is a clear proof to any intelligent man who will listen to reason and acknowledge the truth.